PANAJI
Drivers applying for a badge to steer taxis will henceforth be put through a compulsory 15-day training course, according to Transport Minister Mauvin Godinho.
Apart from being taught various traffic signals, Godinho said, the training programme will include a module which will dwell on taxi interior hygiene issues as well as other human etiquette and related subjects.
"They will be also trained in etiquette practices while dealing with tourist clients and also sharing with them some of the basic information about Goa," Godinho said.
The transport minister also claimed that the 'Goa Patrao Scheme' introduced by the government recently was being "well received" by Goa's youth.
The scheme intends to encourage Goan youth to become taxi entrepreneurs and piggy back on the 'Goa taxi app' launched recently.
Under the scheme, the entire cost of purchasing a new taxi vehicle is taken care of and the entrepreneur becomes an owner of the vehicle with nil investment.
